• Behind Green Lights
• Blonde Ice
• Borderline
• C-Man
• Club Paradise
• D.O.A.
• Detour
• Fear in the Night
• Flesh and Fury
• He Walked by Night
• Impact
• Inner Sanctum
• Jigsaw
• Kansas City Confidential
• Lady in the Death House
• Money Madness
• Parole Inc.
• Please Murder Me
• Port of New York
• Quicksand
• Scarlet Street
• Shed No Tears
• Slightly Honorable
• Strange Illusion
• Strange Woman
• Suddenly
• The Basketball Fix
• The Big Combo
• The Black Book
• The Chase
• The Great Saint...
• The Green Glove
• The Hitch Hiker
• The Lady Confesses
• The Man Who Cheated...
• The Naked Kiss
• The Second Woman
• The Strange Love of...
• The Sun Sets at Dawn
• Three Steps North
• Timetable
• Too Late for Tears
• Two Dollar Bettor
• Whistle Stop
• Woman on the Run

The Hitch Hiker (1953)

Director: Ida Lupino
Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, Jose Torvay
Runtime: 71 min.

Two men from California go on a fishing trip to Mexico where they pick up a hitch hiker who forces them to drive across Baja California in hopes of evading the authorities. The victims make multiple attempts to escape, but only succeed in bringing out the worst of their tormentor.

Trivia: Based on the true story of murderer Billy Cook who killed six people, then kidnapped two hunters and drove across the border to Mexico where he was captured by the police and extradited to the US. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. This movie was released one year after his execution. Edmund O'Brien (Roy Collins) was a prolific character actor who won the 1954 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Barefoot Contessa.